Sat 04:48. 1x 📷. Posted by Tom Driscoll - Former RD (2022).
Things could be about to get spicy in Div 6...
The podium places in Division 6 are only separated by about 5-10mins and they're about to enter the maze that is Pierce's Creek. Interestingly, Bruce 1 is currently on a wide, uphill, definitely-hiking-for-parts-of-it fire trail a few hundred meters ahead of their teammates in Div 6, and Div 6 has slowly been making ground on them since Vanities. I'm sure they would be able to see each other soon, if they haven't already.
If they come together, will they work with Div 6 to give them an advantage in that race or will they plough ahead to try run down B&G and Griffin?
Tue 22:34 . 3x 📷 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
At the awards ceremony on the Tuesday after the event, it was announced that Bruce Hall has finally won the event overall (after 42 years), in part due to them winning Divs 2 (despite a lost hat), 4 & 5 … Read more.
Sat 14:28 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Can Fenner 6 hold off B&G 6 and reverse the fate of their Division 7 team? They’re just over a kilometre away now!… Read more.
Sat 14:26 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
We just saw an incredibly tight finish between B&G and Fenner’s Division 7 teams. Now, the battle is playing out again in Division 6. They’re almost at Endpoint… who will make it out in front?… Read more.
Sat 13:43 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
B&G Div 6 made a wrong turn and briefly headed up towards Mt Tennent however they have recovered and are now back on track, however Bruce and Fenner both over took them in the 20 minutes that this route diversion took… Read more.
Sat 13:20 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce 6 has made the same mistake as B&G 6 and has overshot a turn-off along the Endpoint approach. It looks like B&G were able to recover fairly quickly. Let’s hope Bruce can too… Read more.
Sat 13:17 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
For the whole race, it’s looked like Bruce 1 has been safely in third place. Now, I’m not so sure. It looks like Lodge have absolutely sent it up the southern route and may just beat them to Endpoint. Bruce wouldn’t be expecting this. Exciting!… Read more.
Sat 12:58 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
B&G 6 seem to have missed a turn-off and are heading directly for the excluded section of Apollo Road. They’re so close to the end here…it can be difficult to maintain focus for such a long period of time… Read more.
Sat 11:40 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
The following teams are getting seriously close now. In order of proximity, from the south:… Read more.
Sat 11:03 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
While running through Booroomba Station, Griffin 6 came across a young lamb all alone in the paddocks. They were able to alert on-course volunteers who have now co-ordinated with the property owners to make sure the lamb is okay. How lovely 🥰 … Read more.
Sat 10:09 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce 6, who were mere metres away from the Corin Road exclusion zone, have made a successful recovery. They have lost a lot of ground, but that’s a far better outcome than disqualification… Read more.
Sat 09:45 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce Division 6 are playing a very dangerous game here. After falling into the Devils Gap Trap, they’ve been following a (valid) track that is very, very close to the excluded section of Corin Road. They have now reached the end of that track. Will they make the right decision and change course? Or will they enter the exclusion zone?… Read more.
Sat 08:39 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Just like their Division 1 counterparts, they’ve missed a turn-off here. Hopefully they catch themselves at the upcoming intersection!… Read more.
Sat 08:28 . 2x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce and B&G look to have recovered and are back on track to Endpoint. If you’re watching the trackers closely, it may look as though both teams are potentially along Corin Road, and exclusion zone. Satellite imagery makes this situation a little more clear - both teams appear to have followed a track that is unmarked on IB Live. Phew!… Read more.
Sat 07:53 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce Division 1 have joined B&G in missing the Devils Gap Fire Trail turn-off. Will they run into each other?… Read more.
Sat 06:53 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
10 hours in, the Griffin Division 1 are just 620 metres ahead of B&G. Bruce are in third place, another kilometres behind… Read more.
Sat 05:27 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
It seems as a result of their detour Griffin Div 1 are neck and neck with B&G Bruce is also not too far behind… Read more.
Sat 05:11 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Seems Griffin Div has made a slight nav error and gone off Oakey Creek Road (the key easy route to navigating through the forest), seems they are headed back towards it though and probably has only cost a detour of about 500m. However this might cause one to worry about what will happen in the pine ahead. Where teams… Read more.
Sat 05:00 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This is another CP of which teams must pass through one, we suspect this to be the busiest of them with Divs 1,3, 4, 6, & 7 able to pass through here… Read more.
Sat 04:29 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Teams have to visit one of 4 checkpoints on course with this one being at Corin Dam, we will try get pictures of teams as they come through these. Only div 3 should pass through here, but teams from Divs 1 and 4 may also go through here if they take the scenic route… Read more.
Sat 04:05 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Spare a thought for our poor Division 6 teams, who are getting their feet wet right at the start of their 50 km trek. Not a comfortable experience…… Read more.
Sat 03:14 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Teams have left the Division 6 Dropsite in every direction! This is very exciting. It’s highly likely that most of these teams have a ver limited idea of where they currently are… Read more.
Sat 02:36 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 6 - Lower Cotter Catchment (-35.342703, 148.871888) … Read more.
Sat 02:30 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Teams in Div 6 are dropped on a 3 way intersection and with only 4 minutes to scout hopefully they'll send one of their navs on a bonus scouting adventure to gain the maximal amount of information… Read more.
Sat 01:15 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Here, the race gets interesting! It’s no longer just about which team is fastest on their feet - throughout Inward Bound, good route choice can make a world of difference… Read more.
Sat 24:34 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Jumping back to Division 1 for the first time in a while, teams remain very close together. However, that’s about to change. … Read more.
Fri 22:01 . 2x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
For the first time since they were dropped, all of the Division 1 trackers have successfully updated simultaneously. This gives us a clear picture of what’s currently going on on course… Read more.
Fri 21:46 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
The predictor is now up and running!, at the start will be super volatile and likely under estimate time of arrival just after drop (over estimate eventual overall average GAP (Gradient Adjusted Pace)) as typically teams start off hot/fast (see below graph of speeds of historical IB teams) with it taking time for teams to settle in a rhythm and on a route. It also assumes optimal navving which is probably unlikely, only accounting for the terrain and distance of the optimal route ahead. This means it will also not consider other factors that may slow a team down like a trail being overgrown… Read more.
Fri 21:23 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
So far they’re all heading in the same direction, which also happens to be the optimal route. It’s a pretty condensed race and it is currently very difficult to tell who’s in the lead. I’m sure that over the next 100 kilometres they’ll spread out a little… Read more.
Fri 20:29 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Aww, don’t they look so cute?… Read more.
Fri 20:20 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
To potentially confuse the Division 1 navigators, the Course Setters have included some red-herring exclusion zones in the south part of the course, including a zone which is very cheekily listed as excluded for Divisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (ie. everyone except Division 1). Will this trick some teams into thinking they’re on the south half of the map?… Read more.
Fri 20:15 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Division 1 - Doctors Flat Road (-35.1025278, 148.7558056) … Read more.
Fri 20:13 . 5x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
They look awfully happy for a group of people about to run 100km through the night…… Read more.
Fri 20:01 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Located on Doctors Flat Rd, ~10km north-west of Wee Jasper. Div 1 with its 45 minutes of scouting time should almost certainly identify that they need to head south, for heading north can only lead them to the Wee Jasper Gin Distillery… Read more.
Fri 18:58 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
NOT EVEN THE LAW CAN CATCH THEM: B&G’s Division Six this year features a rag-tag bunch of criminals. Filled with dubious foreign allegiances, this is a team not to be crossed… Read more.
Fri 18:57 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fri 16:38 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
I wonder where they are right now…… Read more.
Fri 16:25 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Is it B&G’s spidey senses that has allowed them to win Inward Bound every year since 2016? … Read more.
Fri 14:59 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Maybe they’ll be able to drag-on out of second place this year…… Read more.
Fri 14:38 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Bruce One is here to RUN! Nothing is going to stop the dream team from reaching endpoint. … Read more.
Fri 14:07 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
The Bruce Hall dining hall is nearing capacity - luckily, we’ll be sending some of these teams off very shortly!… Read more.
Fri 13:35 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Here come the first teams!… Read more.
Fri 13:13 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
This is deep…uh, I think?… Read more.
Fri 13:05 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Fri 12:17 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Teams should not be going here… Read more.
Fri 12:16 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This shows all the possible routes read specific division notes to see what ways we think are faster and the benefits we speculate each brings… Read more.
Fri 12:15 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
Everything you need to know about EP and how to get there can be be found at https://anuinwardbound.com/endpoint2024… Read more.
Fri 12:14 . 1x 📷 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Here’s a sneak preview into how it’s looking in the Bruce Hall dining room, where teams are currently isolating. With Sendoff kicking off in just under two hours, they’ve still got a while to wait!… Read more.
Fri 12:08 . Posted by Chloe Woodburn - IB Marketing Officer
Both Division 1 and Division 2 have arrived at Wright Hall for scrutineering!… Read more.
Fri 09:00 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
On the map they are thin red lines, and in IB they are the thin red line which if you cross you get disqualified/risk your safety… Read more.
Fri 09:00 . Posted by Jack Larkin - IB Comms Officer
This exclusion zone is just a sly attempt by the Race Directors/Course Setters to fool div 1 to think they are south of EP. No teams should go near here… Read more.